BEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE OF THE WEEK..

Byline: Polly Hudson 

.. WAS the story about Neil Berrett, the American bloke who handed in his notice on Monday. Rather than the traditional letter of resignation, Neil baked a cake and iced this on to it:

Dear Mr. Bowers, During the past three years, my tenure at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has been nothing short of pure excitement, joy and whim. However, I have decided to spend more time with my family. I am proud to have been part of such an outstanding team and I wish this organisation only the finest in future endeavours. Please accept this cake as notification that I am leaving my position with NWT on March 27.

Sincerely, W. Neil Berrett.

Firstly, how big did the cake have to be to fit all that on it? Secondly, whim?

Really? And thirdly, the whole time with family thing's blatantly a lie, I bet Neil's really setting up his own business baking cakes with letters on them.

Possibly called Read It And Eat.

I couldn't approve more. All correspondence should be in cake form from now on. Bills would be almost welcome if they arrived iced on chocolate fudge cake (final demands in jam!). And imagine Dear Johns on cake - people who've been dumped head straight to the fridge anyway, so it would be a two birds situation.

By the way, and I'm not making this up, one of Neil's followers on Flickr is planning to apply for his old job, by baking a version of his CV. Sounds like a choux-in to me.